[V8] Doing brakes soon.

[Ron Wainwright]

--- On Tue, 3/9/10, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [V8] Doing brakes soon.
> To: "V8" <v8 at audifans.com>
> Cc: "Chris Williams" <rodtheviking at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 9:05 AM
> Chris Williams wrote:
>  > Before I just go ahead and do a "stock" replacement,
> can anyone give me
>  > any info on possibly upgrading them on the cheap?
> Like going with an A8
>  > rotor and different carriers, is that possible?
> 
> My '90 V8 was converted to A8 rotors and Mercedes S-Class
> calipers.
> I didn't do the work, but I know there is a fabricated
> adapter to
> bolt the caliper to the strut.  I don't think it would
> be "cheap",
> but the work very well.  I don't know if an A6 combo
> would work
> as well.


 Kent,
 those are custom adaptors that Andrew had made a long while back for the UFO housings. The A6 combo that is being refered to is the HP2 stuff.

 Ron
91 V8 5sp mit 4.2 aka Black Betty (hibernation)
91 20020vt 22psi